2025 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2025 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
LeaguePacific League
BallparkRakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record33–36–2 (.478), 8½ GB
League place5th
Parent companyRakuten
PresidentMasayuki Morii
General managerKazuhisa Ishii
ManagerHajime Miki
Eagles seasons

The 2025 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the 21st season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Hajime Miki in his first season in his second stint as team manager, and his second season overall.

Regular season

Standings

2025 Pacific League regular season standings[1]
Pos Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 72 42 28 2 .600 — 19–17–0 23–11–2
2 Orix Buffaloes 70 38 29 3 .567 2½ 20–15–2 18–14–1
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 71 38 30 3 .559 3 17–16–2 21–14–1
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 71 38 33 0 .535 4½ 23–15–0 15–18–0
5 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 71 33 36 2 .478 8½ 16–17–1 17–19–1
6 Chiba Lotte Marines 69 28 41 0 .667 13½ 16–16–0 12–25–0

Interleague

2025 regular season interleague standings[2]
Pos Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks† 18 12 5 1 .706 — 7–1–1 5–4
2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 11 7 0 .611 1½ 6–3 5–4
3 Orix Buffaloes 18 11 7 0 .611 1½ 7–2 4–5
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 18 10 8 0 .556 2½ 7–2 3–6
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 18 10 8 0 .556 2½ 7–2 3–6
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18 9 8 1 .529 3 5–4 4–4–1
7 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 9 9 0 .500 3½ 6–3 3–6
8 Hanshin Tigers 18 8 10 0 .444 4½ 6–3 2–7
9 Chunichi Dragons 18 8 10 0 .444 4½ 5–4 3–6
10 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 7 11 0 .389 5½ 4–5 3–6
11 Yomiuri Giants 18 6 11 1 .353 6 5–4 1–7–1
12 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 5 12 1 .294 7 3–5−1 2–7
 †  Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks

The Eagles will host six home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in 2025. Five will be played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in the remaining five prefectures that make up Japan's Tōhoku region: Fukushima, Aomori, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures.[3] A sixth will be played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.[4]

2025 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks[3]
Ballpark City Prefecture
Kitagin Ballpark Morioka Iwate Prefecture
York Kaiseizan Stadium Kōriyama Fukushima Prefecture
Kirayaka Stadium Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture
Haruka Yume Stadium Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture
Komachi Stadium Akita Akita Prefecture
Tokyo Dome Bunkyō Tokyo

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 28, 2025, vs. Orix Buffaloes[5]

2025 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster[5]
Order Player Position
1 Hiroto Kobukata Second baseman
2 Rui Muneyama Shortstop
3 Yuya Ogo Right fielder
4 Ryosuke Tatsumi Center fielder
5 Hideto Asamura First baseman
6 Itsuki Murabayashi Third baseman
7 Yukiya Itoh Designated hitter
8 Hikaru Ohta Catcher
9 Kazuki Tanaka Left fielder
— Takahisa Hayakawa Starting pitcher

Game log

2025 game log: 13–11–0 (Home: 5–8–0; Away: 8–3–0)
March/April: 13–13–0 (Home: 5–8–0; Away: 8–5–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 March 28 @ Buffaloes 2–3 Machado (1–0) S. Suzuki (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 36,079 0–1–0 L1
2 March 29 @ Buffaloes 5–4 (10) Norimoto (1–0) Yamada (0–1) Uchi (1) Kyocera Dome 32,121 1–1–0 W1
3 March 30 @ Buffaloes 1–6 Takashima (1–0) Karashima (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 30,583 1–2–0 L1
— April 1 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
— April 2 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
4 April 3 Lions 4–1 Kishi (1–0) Hada (0–1) Norimoto (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,114 2–2–0 W1
5 April 4 @ Marines 3–1 Hayakawa (1–0) Tanaka (0–1) Norimoto (2) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,606 3–2–0 W2
6 April 5 @ Marines 0–1 Ojima (1–0) Ehara (0–1) Guerrero (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,892 3–3–0 L1
7 April 6 @ Marines 5–0 Koja (1–0) Voth (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 26,375 4–3–0 W1
8 April 8 Fighters 2–5 Itoh (1–1) Norimoto (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,024 4–4–0 L1
9 April 9 Fighters 2–8 T. Katoh (1–0) Karashima (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,007 4–5–0 L2
10 April 10 Fighters 0–10 Kitayama (2–0) Kishi (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,722 4–6–0 L3
11 April 11 Buffaloes 1–4 D. Tajima (1–0) Hayakawa (1–1) Machado (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,498 4–7–0 L4
12 April 12 Buffaloes 2–4 Kuri (2–0) Matsui (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,656 4–8–0 L5
13 April 13 Buffaloes 1–6 Miyagi (2–0) Koja (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,129 4–9–0 L6
14 April 15 @ Hawks 2–1 (10) Norimoto (2–1) Hernández (0–2) S. Suzuki (1) Mizuho PayPay Dome 30,162 5–9–0 W1
15 April 16 @ Hawks 6–2 Takinaka (1–0) Uwasawa (1–1) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 30,232 6–9–0 W2
16 April 17 @ Hawks 4–3 Matsui (1–1) Osuna (1–1) Norimoto (3) Mizuho PayPay Dome 30,521 7–9–0 W3
17 April 18 Marines 1–4 Voth (1–1) Hayakawa (1–2) Masuda (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,667 7–10–0 L1
18 April 19 Marines 2–1 Nishigaki (1–0) Ojima (1–2) Norimoto (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,931 8–10–0 W1
19 April 20 Marines 4–1 Koja (2–1) Nishino (0–2) Norimoto (5) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,830 9–10–0 W2
20 April 22 @ Fighters 4–2 Konno (1–0) Sugiura (1–1) Fujihira (1) Es Con Field 28,624 10–10–0 W3
21 April 23 @ Fighters 8–3 Takinaka (2–0) Gu Lin (0–1) — Es Con Field 28,461 11–10–0 W4
22 April 25 Hawks 0–1 Arihara (1–3) Norimoto (2–2) Osuna (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,693 11–11–0 L1
23 April 26 Hawks 6–3 Uchi (1–0) Ohzeki (1–2) Fujihira (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,230 12–11–0 W1
24 April 27 Hawks 3–2 (11) Norimoto (3–2) Tsumori (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,506 13–11–0 W2
25 April 29 @ Lions 1–7 K. Takahashi (1–2) Koja (2–2) — Belluna Dome 27,624 13–12–0 L1
26 April 30 @ Lions 1–3 Sugai (3–1) Fujii (0–1) Taira (6) Belluna Dome 18,629 13–13–0 L2
May: 9–13–1 (Home: 5–5–1; Away: 4–8–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
27 May 1 @ Lions 1–2 (10) Hada (1–1) Fujihira (0–1) — Belluna Dome 19,543 13–14–0 L3
— May 2 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
28 May 3 Buffaloes 0–7 Sotani (2–2) Hayakawa (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,300 13–15–0 L4
29 May 4 Buffaloes 14–3 Kishi (2–1) Takashima (2–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,600 14–15–0 W1
30 May 5 @ Marines 2–1 Nishigaki (2–0) H. Tanaka (2–2) S. Suzuki (2) Zozo Marine Stadium 29,612 15–15–0 W2
— May 6 @ Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Zozo Marine Stadium — — —
31 May 7 @ Marines 3–7 Takano (1–0) Fujii (0–2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 25,127 15–16–0 L1
32 May 9 @ Fighters 1–2 Kanemura (3–2) Takinaka (2–1) — Es Con Field 27,826 15–17–0 L2
33 May 10 @ Fighters 1–2 T. Yamamoto (1–0) Matsui (1–2) Tanaka Es Con Field 29,280 15–18–0 L3
34 May 11 @ Fighters 0–4 Gu Lin (2–1) Kishi (2–2) — Es Con Field 30,375 15–19–0 L4
35 May 13 Marines 4–3 Nishiguchi (1–0) Guerrero (1–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,521 16–19–0 W1
36 May 14 Marines 4–0 Howard (1–0) Taneichi (2–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,353 17–19–0 W2
37 May 15 Marines 2–5 Sammons (1–0) Hayakawa (1–4) Kimura (1) Tokyo Dome 40,629 17–20–0 L1
38 May 16 @ Hawks 5–1 Fujii (1–2) Arihara (2–4) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,511 18–20–0 W1
39 May 17 @ Hawks 1–2 Ohzeki (3–3) Matsui (1–3) Osuna (6) Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,060 18–21–0 L1
40 May 18 @ Hawks 1–2 (12) Fujii (2–1) Konno (1–0) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,116 18–22–0 L2
41 May 20 Lions 0–1 Sugai (4–2) Takinaka (2–2) Taira (11) Kitagin Ballpark 12,509 18–23–0 L3
42 May 22 Lions 2–1 Nishiguchi (2–0) Wingenter (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,010 19–23–0 W1
43 May 23 Fighters 0–1 Kanemura (4–2) Hayakawa (1–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,594 19–24–0 L1
44 May 24 Fighters 2–1 Shoji (1–0) Yamasaki (2–2) S. Suzuki (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,162 20–24–0 W1
45 May 25 Fighters 1−1 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 25,117 20–24–1 T1
45 May 27 @ Lions 3–1 Kajiya (1–0) Wingenter (0–3) S. Suzuki (4) 11,281 21–24–1 W1
46 May 28 @ Lions 0–6 Y. Watanabe (3–3) Takinaka (2–3) — Belluna Dome 24,465 21–25–1 L1
47 May 29 @ Lions 6–3 Nishigaki (3–0) Takeuchi (1–1) Fujihira (3) Belluna Dome 22,503 22–25–1 W1
48 May 30 Hawks 2–4 Sugiyama (1–2) S. Suzuki (0–2) Osuna (8) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,604 22–26–1 L1
— May 31 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
June: 11–10–1 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 5–6–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
49 June 1 Hawks 3–0 Fujii (2–2) H. Matsumoto (1–1) Fujihira (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,012 23–26–1 W1
50 June 3 BayStars 3–6 K. Azuma (6–2) Yajure (0–1) Irie (12) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,802 23–27–1 L1
51 June 4 BayStars 3–1 Uchi (2–0) Jackson (5–2) Kajiya (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,285 24–27–1 W1
52 June 5 BayStars 0–5 Kay (5–2) Takinaka (2–4) — York Kaiseizan Stadium 12,349 24–28–1 L1
53 June 6 @ Giants 2–0 Howard (2–0) Akahoshi (4–4) Norimoto (6) Tokyo Dome 41,812 25–28–1 W1
54 June 7 @ Giants 0–2 Griffin (4–0) Fujihira (0–2) Martínez (21) Tokyo Dome 41,926 25–29–1 L1
55 June 8 @ Giants 0–5 Togo (2–4) Fujii (2–3) — Tokyo Dome 42,041 25–30–1 L2
56 June 10 Dragons 1–3 Muller (2–3) Yajure (0–2) Matsuyama (23) Kirayaka Stadium 9,806 25–31–1 L3
57 June 11 Dragons 5–8 Wakui (3–2) Uchi (2–1) Matsuyama (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,413 25–32–1 L4
58 June 12 Dragons 4–0 Kishi (3–2) Miura (2–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,979 26–32–1 W1
59 June 13 Tigers 3–2 Howard (3–0) Murakami (7–2) Norimoto (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,628 27–32–1 W2
60 June 14 Tigers 5–4 (10) S. Watanabe (1–0) Iwasada (2–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,739 28–32–1 W3
61 June 15 Tigers 3–2 (12) Uchi (3–1) Yuasa (2–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 26,134 29–32–1 W4
62 June 17 @ Swallows 4−4 Game tied after 12 innings Meiji Jingu Stadium 28,672 29–32–2 T1
63 June 18 @ Swallows 6–2 Takinaka (3–4) Lambert (1–6) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 26,639 30–32–2 W1
64 June 19 @ Swallows 3–1 Kishi (4–2) Ávila (1–4) S. Watanabe (1) Meiji Jingu Stadium 25,595 31–32–2 W2
65 June 20 @ Carp 4–0 Hayakawa (2–5) Morishita (5–6) — Mazda Stadium 28,806 32–32–2 W3
66 June 21 @ Carp 3–8 Tokoda (7–5) Uchi (3–2) — Mazda Stadium 32,175 32–33–2 L1
67 June 22 @ Carp 2–5 Nakazaki (2–1) Fujii (2–4) Kuribayashi (9) Mazda Stadium 30,980 32–34–2 L2
68 June 27 @ Buffaloes 2–10 Kuri (6–4) Hayakawa (2–6) — Kyocera Dome 29,610 32–35–2 L3
69 June 28 @ Buffaloes 3–7 Saiki (1–0) Yajure (0–3) — Kyocera Dome 30,340 32–36–2 L4
70 June 29 @ Buffaloes 4–2 Fujii (3–4) Azuma (1–2) Norimoto (8) Kyocera Dome 31,005 33–36–2 W1
July: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
August: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
September/October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
  Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles roster
First team Second team

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 44 Takaya Tanaka
  • 55 Yūma Yasuda
 Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

Development Players
  • 017 Wang Yan-cheng (P)
  • 022 Kei Mizukami (C)
  • 030 Ryūya Taira (IF)
  • 078 Kōnosuke Tatsumi (IF)
  • 130 Kōsei Koga (P)
  • 131 Sōtarō Nagata (IF)
  • 132 Yuya Kishimoto (IF)
  • 137 Yūto Egawa (C)
  • 197 Shao Chi (P)
Updated July 10, 2025 → All NPB rosters


References

  1. ^ "2025 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025年度 交流戦" [2025 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "東北各県開催試合を「東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス 東北シリーズ Supported by 大東建託」として実施!!" [Games held in each prefecture in Tohoku will be held as the "Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tohoku Series Supported by Daito Trust Construction"!!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. January 31, 2025. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  4. ^ "※情報更新※5/15(木)千葉ロッテ戦は東京ドームで「楽天スーパーナイター」を開催!" [*Information update* The Rakuten Super Night game will be held at Tokyo Dome on May 15th (Thu) against Chiba Lotte!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. March 3, 2025. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Friday, March 28, 2025". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
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